plunge (n.)
- advance
- agiotage
- ante
- arbitrage
- back
- bate
- bet
- blunder
- boil
- break
- bucket
- budge
- bundle
- burst
- bustle
- call
- canter
- careen
- career
- cascade
- cataract
- chance
- change
- charge
- chase
- circle
- climb
- collapse
- cover
- crash
- cropper
- crowd
- cut
- dash
- deceleration
- declension
- decline
- decrease
- decrescendo
- deflation
- depreciation
- descent
- devaluation
- dig
- diminuendo
- dip
- dive
- dogtrot
- down
- downturn
- drive
- drop
- dwindling
- ebb
- fade
- fall
- falter
- financier
- flier
- fling
- flop
- flounce
- flounder
- flow
- flutter
- fortune
- gallop
- gamble
- go
- hazard
- head
- header
- heave
- hobbyhorse
- hurry
- hustle
- immersion
- incline
- investment
- labor
- lapse
- lay
- lead
- lean
- leap
- liquidation
- lope
- lower
- lowering
- luck
- lunge
- lurch
- mount
- move
- natatorium
- nosedive
- parachute
- pare
- parlay
- pass
- pitch
- place
- play
- plop
- plummet
- plump
- plunk
- point
- pool
- post
- pounce
- pound
- pratfall
- precipitate
- progress
- propel
- punt
- push
- put
- pyramid
- race
- rain
- ram
- rear
- reduction
- reel
- regress
- remission
- retreat
- rise
- risk
- rock
- roll
- run
- rush
- sag
- scalp
- scamper
- scramble
- scud
- scurry
- scuttle
- see
- settle
- shave
- shift
- shove
- shrink
- sink
- skid
- skin-dive
- slash
- slowdown
- slump
- soar
- sound
- speculation
- spill
- spin
- sprawl
- sprint
- spurt
- stab
- stag
- stagger
- stake
- stick
- stir
- stoop
- stream
- struggle
- stumble
- submersion
- subsidence
- sway
- swing
- swoop
- tear
- tend
- thrust
- topple
- toss
- totter
- travel
- trim
- trip
- trot
- tumble
- turn
- uncertainty
- venture
- wager
- wallop
- wallow
- wane
- waste
- wear
- welter
- whirl
- yaw
plunge (v.)
- abate
- ablate
- advance
- ante
- arbitrage
- ascend
- back
- bate
- belong
- bet
- blunder
- boil
- break
- bucket
- budge
- bundle
- burst
- bustle
- call
- canter
- careen
- career
- cascade
- chance
- change
- charge
- chase
- cheapen
- circle
- climb
- collapse
- consume
- corrode
- cover
- crash
- crowd
- crumble
- cut
- dash
- decline
- decrease
- decrescendo
- deflate
- deliquesce
- depreciate
- descend
- devaluate
- dig
- diminish
- dip
- dive
- down
- drive
- drop
- dwindle
- ebb
- engulf
- erode
- fade
- fall
- falter
- festinate
- financier
- fling
- flop
- flounce
- flounder
- flow
- flutter
- gallop
- gamble
- go
- gravitate
- gyrate
- hasten
- hazard
- head
- heave
- hurry
- hustle
- immerse
- incline
- invest
- labor
- languish
- lapse
- lay
- lead
- lean
- leap
- lessen
- lope
- lower
- luck
- lunge
- lurch
- mount
- move
- nosedive
- operate
- overwhelm
- parachute
- pare
- parlay
- pass
- pitch
- place
- play
- plop
- plummet
- plump
- plunk
- point
- pool
- post
- pounce
- pound
- precipitate
- progress
- propel
- punt
- push
- put
- pyramid
- race
- rain
- ram
- rear
- reduce
- reel
- regress
- retreat
- retrogress
- rise
- risk
- rock
- roll
- rotate
- run
- rush
- sag
- scalp
- scamper
- scend
- scramble
- scud
- scurry
- scuttle
- see
- seethe
- settle
- shave
- shift
- shove
- shrink
- sink
- skid
- skin-dive
- slash
- slump
- soar
- sound
- speculate
- spill
- spin
- sprawl
- sprint
- spurt
- stab
- stag
- stagger
- stake
- stick
- stir
- stoop
- stream
- struggle
- stumble
- submerge
- subside
- sway
- swing
- swoop
- tear
- tend
- thrust
- topple
- toss
- totter
- travel
- trim
- trip
- trot
- tumble
- turn
- venture
- wager
- wallop
- wallow
- wane
- waste
- wear
- welter
- whirl
- yaw
Are there not, dear Michal,
Two points in the adventure of the diver,—
One, when a beggar he prepares to plunge;
One, when a prince he rises with his pearl?
Festus, I plunge.
